STRONGS G511:
ἀνώτερος,
-έρα,
-ερον, (comparitive from
ἄνω, cf.
κατώτερος, see Winers Grammar, § 11, 2 c.; [Buttmann, 28 (24f)]),
higher. The neuter
ἀνώτερον as adverb,
higher;
a. of motion,
to a higher place, (
up higher):
Luke 14:10.
b. of rest,
in a higher place, above i. e. in the immediately preceding part of the passage quoted,
Hebrews 10:8. Similarly Polybius 3, 1, 1
τρίτῃ ἀνώτερον βίβλῳ. (In
Leviticus 11:21, with a genitive.)
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